Iraqi Civil War

The Iraqi Civil War broke out in June 2014 when the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria seized control of Mosul and large parts of northern Iraq from the government. Since then, ISIS advanced through Iraq and conquered much of the Anbar Governorate, reaching as far south as Ramadi. This forced the resignation of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the intervention Iran, as well as the United States-led coalition against ISIS. The group has also been attacked by Iraqi Kurdistan, an autonomous part of northern Iraq.

Parts of the conquered territory were recaptured from ISIS by the Iraqi Army over the course of 2015 and early-mid 2016. October of that year saw the beginning of the Battle of Mosul, an operation to retake the city which became the capital of ISIS in Iraq.